Oliver Jeffers

“Then the boy realised,the penguin wasn't lost,he was just lonely.”

— Oliver Jeffers

If you care too much about what others think then you ultimately become what you think they want you to be.

— Oliver Jeffers

Everything we know has come from stories that have been told over and over again as truth. Those stories turn into history.

— Oliver Jeffers

I'm interested in how we define things by how we choose to observe them, and how everywhere in our lives, and in…

— Oliver Jeffers

I started hiding my paintings in certain ways, like behind panes of glass for example. Then, instead of hiding them I did…

— Oliver Jeffers

I keep writing children’s books, I keep making children’s books, because I still have them inside of me.

— Oliver Jeffers

There's a thin line between destruction and creation.

— Oliver Jeffers

The paintings each take several months to do and it's quite a cathartic and intense experience that's very pleasurable, but also very…

— Oliver Jeffers

“In truth, nothing was the same. She forgot about the stars… and taking notice of the sea. She was no longer filled…

— Oliver Jeffers

I make figurative portraits as a way to explore theories of quantum physics.

— Oliver Jeffers

Curiosity is the surest sign of intelligence

— Oliver Jeffers